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Cantabrigian vs Cantab - What's the difference?

cantabrigian | cantab | abbreviation |

Cantabrigian is an abbreviation of cantab.


As nouns the difference between cantabrigian and cantab

is that cantabrigian is a native or resident of cambridge while cantab is (colloquial) a graduate of cambridge university.

As an adjective cantabrigian

is of, pertaining to or characteristic of cambridge or its university.

As an abbreviation cantab is

(after a qualification) cantabrigian.

cantabrigian

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Cambridge or its university

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A native or resident of Cambridge
  • An undergraduate, graduate or fellow of Cambridge University

    • Usage notes

    * Originally referred to Cambridge, England, but later use also includes Cambridge, Massachusetts or Harvard University

    cantab

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) A graduate of Cambridge University.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , III.110:
    • Sure my invention must be down at zero, / And I grown one of many "Wooden Spoons" / Of verse, (the name with which we Cantabs please / To dub the last of honours in degrees).

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • (after a qualification) Cantabrigian.